Album



July 27, 1954 M, L, MORTON 2,684,546

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Patented July 27, 1954 UNITED STATES Artur OFFICE ALBUM Maurice L.Morton, Bogalusa, La.

ApplicationJ-uly'l, 1950, Serial No. 172,403

1 Claim. 1

This invention relates generally to improvements in photographalbums,and more -particu larly to improved containers adapted to be .secured tothe pages of an album for holding photographic prints and "the negativescorresponding thereto, the primary object ofthe invention being toprovide containers of this kind which protect and hold the prints andnegatives securely in place even when the pages of an album arecarelessly or rapidly turned and the album is held in a variety ofpositions.

Another important object of the invention is to provide simple,efficient and practical containers of the character indicated abovewhich can be easily and quickly attached by gluing or other suitablemeans to the pages of albums, and which, when so installed, give therelated prints a better appearance while holding the correspondingnegatives directly behind and in registry with the prints so as to beimmediately and easily available at any time it is desired to makeadditional prints.

A further important object of the invention is to provide a container ofthe character indicated above which, while protecting a print insertedtherein from external contact anywhere except on the exposed facethereof, and while protecting the negative positioned therebehindagainst substantially all external contacts, is of such simple andeasily made structure that the container can be made in a serviceableand attractive form at relatively low cost.

Other important objects and advantageous features of the invention willbe apparent from the following description and the accompanyingdrawings, wherein, for purposes of illustration only, specificembodiments of the invention are set forth in detail.

In the drawings, wherein like numerals designate like parts throughoutthe several views:

Figure 1 is a perspective View of an opened photograph album equipped inaccordance with the present invention;

Figure 2 is a front elevation of one of the con- Figure Sis alongitudinal'section taken on the line .88 of Figure .2;

Figure 9 is:a front elevation-of a modified form of container having atransparent window panel;

Figure 10 is "a transverse section taken on the line l--| 0 of Figure 9.

Referring in detail to the drawings, and first to Figures 1 through 8thereof, the container 12 is formed from .a rectangular blank iii of anysuitable material, such as stiff paper. The blank I3 is slightly longerthan it is wide and has a centered, longitudinal fold line 1-4 whichdefines at opposite sides thereof the longitudinally elongated front andback panels or sides 15 and i respectively. Transverse fold lines I!parallelly spaced from the end edges L 8 extend entirely across theblank :13 to define flaps 19 at the oppositeends of the front panel Iand similar flaps 20 on the rear panel It. The front panel is formedwith a conformably-shaped, rectangular print-exposing or viewing opening2| whose sides and ends are preferably similarly and parallelly spacedfrom the adjacent one of the longitudinal edges 22 of the blank l3 andthe center fold line l4, and the transverse fold lines 11, respectively.

In forming the container [2 from the blank I 3, the ends of the blankare folded inwardly along the lines I! onto one side of the blank, andthe blank is then folded at the same side of the blank along the centerlongitudinal fold line I4, so that the exposed rear sides of the flaps[9 of the front panel [5 face and are in registry with the exposedforward sides of the flaps of the rear panel IS. The registered flapsare then secured together by suitable means, such as gluing. As aresult, there are provided in the assembled container a front pocket 23defined by the front panel 15 and the forward sides of the flaps l9 andthe folds I7, and a rear pocket 24 defined by the rear panel [6 and therear faces of the flaps 20 and the folds H. A desired photographic print25 is slipped into the front pocket 23 through the opening 26 providedby a lack of connection between the free edges 21 and 28 correspondingto one of the longitudinal edges 22 of the blank l3. The film negative29 of the print 25 is slipped into the rear pocket 24 through theopening 30 provided by lack of connection between the free edges 3| and32 corresponding to the other of the free edges 22 of the blank [3.

The container [2 is adapted to be secured to an album page 33 by gluingor otherwise securing the rear or back panel 16 thereto. The containersI2 can be, as shown in Figure 1, positioned in the album page 33vertically or horizontally, with their pocket openings 26 and 30positioned at the top or at the side thereof. The frictional engagementof the pocket surfaces with the print 25 and negative 29 is sufficientto prevent displacement of the print and/or negative from the pocketsregardless of the position of the container l2, but it is obvious thatthey are more securely retained in the container with the containeropenings uppermost or along one side.

If desired, and as shown in Figures 9 and 10, a transparent window panel35 in the form of a sheet fitting the front pocket 23 can be insertedtherein to span the viewing opening 2! and protect a print 25 in thefront pocket, and the window can be either loosely disposed in thepocket 23 or secured to the back of the front panel [5 around theopening 2|.

I claim:

A photograph exhibiting device comprising a rectangular sheet havingfree longitudinal edges, a longitudinal center fold line definingsimilar front and back panels on said sheet, said front panel beingformed with a viewing opening spaced from the end edges of the sheet andspaced from the longitudinal center line and from the adjacentlongitudinal free edge of the sheet, said sheet having transverse foldlines extending entirely across the sheet in parallel spaced relation tothe end edges of the sheet and defining continuous transverse tabs onthe opposite ends of the front and back panels, said tabs beingcoextensive with said panels throughout their length, said tabs at theopposite ends of the front and back panels being integrally connectedtogether at their inward ends by said longitudinal center fold line, andbeing divided into similar tab portions by the longitudinal center foldline, said tabs being folded inwardly along the transverse fold lines sothat the inner sides of the tab portions lie along and closely adjacentthe rear side of the front panel and the front side of the back panel,the tab portions at opposite ends of the panels being longitudinallyspaced from each other, said front and back panels being folded on saidlongitudinal center fold line into registry with each other wherein theouter sides of the tab portions at opposite ends of the front and backsections face, and an adhesive securing the facing sides only of the tabportions, whereby said front panel having the receiving opening togetherwith said tab portions forms a pocket for clampingly holding themarginal portions of and exposing to view a photographic print, and saidback panel, together with said tab portions form a pocket for clampinglyholding the marginal portions of a negative, the end edges of the tabportions remote from the longitudinal center fold line being unconnectedto permit insertion of said print and said negative respectivelybetween. said tab portions and the inner surfaces of said panels.

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